IMPROVE YOUR CONTACT OFF YOUR HORSE (From The Couch) - Horse Riding Tips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Ever wanted to improve your riding off the horse? In todays episode we are going to show you how you can improve your riding from the comfort of your home!
Today's episode is part 1 of 3 in this mini series where we show you how to work on your contact.
Discover the 3 steps that you can start doing right now at home, so that when you go back on the horse... your contact with your horse is going to be much improved!
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IMPROVE YOUR CONTACT OFF YOUR HORSE (From The Couch) - Horse Riding Tips
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Great tip! My grandfather used this method when training my father back in the 1930s!!
Perfect! xx
Love the tip, going to try this while my horses are out of work
Tracey! Such a great thing to do! So great yo can keep getting better, even when you're not riding!!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Simple but good tip.
Just gotta get hubby to fix a fence post in the middle of the lounge in front of the TV hmmmm!!!
lol.... keep an eye on this... Alicia is adding something to next weeks episode... think you may have a giggle!
Try a cat scratcher post
Very nice presentation. You should do this set up showing a half halt.
Good video suggestion! Stay tuned!
Really looking forward to this series as I'm currently not able to ride very much. Also, as someone who grew up riding western horses on a long rein and is now trying to learn dressage, tips like this are very helpful! Thank you!
Have fun!
Struggling with contact, so this is an awesome way to practice between lessons-sponge was a genius touch 👍😊
Thank you so so much Becky! So glad its helping you!
Love this!!!!!!!! I think this is so helpful in so many ways!!! Wish you could do a little of this with everything. So I can see without the horse being exactly what you are doing with your hands and legs/feet. Then also with the horse. Thank you so much for this
Bee! Great idea... and....Well we have!!!! stay tuned, it is in the schedule for august....we actually show you all the laterals off the horse!!! xx
I had watched a dressage livestream that focused a lot on this but, it was too advanced for me at my stage of riding. This clears so much up for me thank you
Great to hear! xx
This is absolutely brilliant - you are indeed a superstar. THANK YOU - I can't wait to try this. I have a saddle stand I can plonk in front of the TV, I just need to rig up the "horse head". Thank you, mwah, mwah, mwah :)
Love it! Tell us how you go! x
Yay! This is one of the things I was wondering about. Contact and communication is EVERYTHING 😁❤️
Fauzia, it so is!!!! It can be such a difficult thing to explain too. This helps so much
@@YourRidingSuccess yes it really does!
Been riding for years and just now got the feel for this. Riding is incredible! Always learning. But the challenge of learning is the greatest !
SURE IS!!!Thank you so so much! So glad its helping you!
Great video Alicia 💞 will definatly be trying this as some point because I spend 5 years riding horses that took all your effort to just make them move so I learned to ride with “washing line reins” to avoid any chance of them thinking they needed to stop. Now I’ve got a pony that’s more forward but still needs leg I find myself guilty of letting them get long when asking for transitions x
Definitely need to give this a go. My hands can become too wooden on the reins, which I don't want. My cob X and I have improved so much (over 9 years of owning her), but she still sometimes gets into her old habitat of bearing down and hanging on the bit. It is a challenge trying to push her forward to move into the contact and not ending up too much on the forehand. I want to improve my riding for her benefit. Thank you for the video.
No problem!! there is more coming tomorrow!
You are absolutely awesome :)) Thanks for being here for us!
THANK YOU! x
I have been looking for a tip like this for years! Awsome. Will practice this definitely. Thank you so much.
You're so welcome!
Such a good explanation of contact and how it can be improved - something I'm sure lots of us could do with working on!
Great explanation and tips. Then the horse take more contact on one rein , and I tend to be strong so the horse can continue to “lean “ on this side. But I guess this is when the legs and leg yield comes in ?
Great question Kerstin! We have forward to Alicia to help explain for you how to help with this! Watch this space for an update! x
Hi Kerstin! Update for you - Not the leg- remember the leg is for forward or bending the rib cage. It is your reins that move the shoulder. You are correct with your thinking of leg yield though! You need to move the shoulder more so that the horse is not leaning there, so with the rein you need to think about moving the bit in the horses mouth so that the horses head stays in the middle of the chest and doesn't have anything to lean on. Hope that helps! x
Thanks! I try that next time.
Thank you ! I know this will help me.
You got this! x
This was such an awesome exercise! Can't wait to start using this!
Wonderful Amanda! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
This is really really helpful for me! My first horse Mac was always so hollow and was never trained how to hold himself and how to “be on the bit” so I was never really sure how to find the contact properly because any pressure would make him fight with me. I definitely just needed to get the feel of what contact would would be like and I was good and golden. My pony still doesn’t like contact but he’s a trail pony so that’s fine. Whereas I ride my sisters eventing horse occasionally and I find it really easy to apply this to him! I love the sponge technique I will have to give it a go!
So glad you enjoyed it Kim!! Alicia is also going to later in our episodes, talk about getting better contact on the horse too! So hopefully it will help you!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
The sponge 🧽 was a novel idea! I love this!!❤️
Thanks so much Michele!! Let us know any more questions or ideas you have! We want to make this new content as much for you as we can ! xx
I am so excited! Going to get one of my saddles today!!! To bring home and practice this what a wonderful tip! I saw a girl put a bridle through a chair, tip up the front two legs and then trot and canter in place to keep the legs up. This helps the elbows stay soft while moving but keeps contact and I am so in love with these tips brilliant thank you thank you thank you!!!
Wonderful! lYou're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess yes! There are a lot of videos on fitting saddles to horses but I have not seen much on fitting the saddle to the human and what saddles are best for what activities and should we shell out a bunch for an exact fit saddle for a small child or will slightly too large work. And I am totally new to the world of English and dressage I would love to see the different saddle types along with their pads and tack. I am only familiar with western and Aussie stock saddles. Also what are the best/safest stirrups for youngsters? Thanks for asking but truly love all of your content!
This is great! stay tuned to pony tails on Monday! Alicia covers most of those topics over the next few weeks!
Love using my hacking time to practice having a steady contact but with a following hand at the walk 😌
Go YOU! great work! Did you see the prize to win a year being paid to learn on a PSG horse?
This is great! Although the music in the background is very loud and distracting! Can we turn the music down for the next videos?
Hannah, we will feed that back. THANK YOU!!!Did you have any questions or topics you'd like us to help with?
This is brilliant, so easy to understand and grasp, thank you x
You're so welcome Red! Let us know if you have any more questions! and the next step is on Friday next week!
Thank you so much for doing these! I've been wanting to improve my riding for many years, however I can't get over my fear that I have. For me cantering is really hard. I'd love to see a series focusing on how to overcome fear
Alicia always says, knowledge fixes fear! Learn,be informed and Plan. Fear melts away in time!
This is brilliant! Thank you so much for the tips. I ride a mare who HATES anything but they very lightest contact and it shows! I always think my hands are quiet but I feel I've gotten heavy. This will help immensely and sort it out I'm sure.
Thank you so so much Cynthia! So glad its helping you!
Awesome demonstration. I really have to work on this. I usually just let my horses go all over the place on a very loose rein. I’m lazy 😂
lol We are all guilty of being lazy sometimes!!! Let us know how you go!!
absolutely love your video, could feel your passion and positive energy towards riding, thanks for sharing all of this, for learners like us from world wide could enjoy learning riding tips from you!!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
can't wait to try this myself!!
Wonderful Lea! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess yeah actually do you have some tips for slowing the horse down with your seat? I’ve been working alot on this as the horse im riding has a bunch of energy and i don’t wanna just pull and pull in its mouth. :)
Hi Lea, Yes this is a great topic! Leave this with us
That's a great way to practice. Your a very good teacher.
Thank you for all your support Christopher!
Really good, thanks. Just a query: when you rise, Alicia, are your shoulders moving slightly back to help you keep the rein contact? Have replayed this a few times and I think so -- but just wanted to be sure.
Hi Lesley, when you ride on the horse you shouldn't bring your hands back towards your body at all, but equally when you ride the horse the horse would be always seeking the contact and drawing your hand forward. Where as on this pretend horse the horse is not seeking the contact and then hand forward. Hope this helps ✨
Thank's! Definitely giving this a try now!
Wonderful Bethany! So glad you enjoyed it!! Let us know how you get on!!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Ooohhh I definitely have to practice this before I start riding again soon! ☺
Go Brittany! You will have to send us a pic!
Cool! I’ll see what I can set up for this at home!
Wonderful Rebekah! You're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Wonderful tip. Just what I needed...was trying to figure out how to practice this off the horse
Thank you so so much Gina! So glad its helping you!
Awesome video. 🤩 Can you do one just about the posting trot? Leg position and a few rising exercises for us so we can see your stirrups etc.😉👍🏻
Great suggestion Holly! Watch episode two and three on Friday and next Friday! It talks about Exactly That!
@@YourRidingSuccess Amazing, can’t wait! 🤗
i love this idea of episodes since I don't live with my horses, the only annoying thing is that I keep my tack where I keep my horses so I cant rlly do this but THANKYOU SO MUCH for the tip!
Kate! Alicia said to say you can use a gym ball. Sit on that in stead of a saddle (it will also help your balance!) then for the bridle just get an old set of reins and pop it around a pole! That will still do the trick!!!!
xx
You’re awesome. Keep up the good work!
WOW Thank you! Will do!
Thanks that was fun
You are most welcome! Thank you so much! x
Thank you for your nice and useful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Oh man i never thought of doing this! I have a bad habit of having uneven reins and moving my hands hope this helps X_x
Thank you so so much!
Thank you Alicia 🙂 so useful👍
Thank you so much! thanks for watching!
Great video! How to be not to stiff and tensed in the shoulders and elbows (even if they are bent)?
Great suggestion Sarah! Ill feed that back to Alicia! Im sure she will add it to our video list!
Going to try this today! Thanks for the tip!
Have fun Lucille! Let us know how you go!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
This is a great idea and is definitely worth doing I reckon! Thanks!!!
Glad you think so Michelle! Did you have any specific questions you might like to put forward?
I absolutely love it!
Glad you like it Dina!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Love this your tips are so easy to understand and make sense xx
You're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
How can you collect your canter and make it bouncy and forward on a laid back horse?
Love your way of explaining !!
Thanks so mach Lara! We will pass it back to Alicia! did you have any questions or topics you'd like us to help with?
I'm gonna use this the next time at the barn! Thanks! I've never really found the correct length or just couldn't keep it and play. So this is just immaculate timing😂😅
Perfect!!!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess I was maybe wondering if Alicia has any tips on how to calm down or slow down an extremely nervous horse? Because when he's scared, he runs like crazy and nearly impossible to stay on😅
Most of Alicia's horses are very very hot and spooky. Its funny she likes them like that! lol
I would imagine that the OTT she is buying this week will probably be super hot!!!
Ill add it to our video list. Its pretty jam packed, but I'm sure she will be able to get a video on it around late august! xx
@@YourRidingSuccess Ok, I'm kind of glad that she likes the horses like that, so I can learn😅😂 But thanks!
Super helpful! Thanks. 😊
Wonderful! You're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Okokok starting tomorrow!! Thanks so muchhh
lol Radhika! Good work you! Let us know how you get on!!!
Thank you so much for this
You're so welcome!
Great idea, just not quite sure how to do this whilst sitting on my sofa!! 🤔
Hi Jenny! You can do while sitting on the sofa too... Alicia has had a few questions there... so we are going to add a bit on the actual sofa! lol
How are you enjoying the new UK Team?
Loving the videos ❤️ and it’s really helping with my young Connemara. He was diagnosed with bad osteoarthritis at 5 years old and has had both hocks chemically fused. So mechanically he isn’t like other horses and does have limitations. He has been such a challenge and maintaining a consistent contact is something l’ve been struggling a bit with him. Really enjoying it all and putting it all into practice. Thank you ❤️ x
Thank you so so much Ziggy! So glad its helping you!
Loving your videos! The music is a little distracting and I am having a hard time hearing and concentrating on what you are saying. Is there any way to make it quieter or take it away?
Thanks Kimberly! Yes we are onto the music... you are not the first! working on it! xx
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you. You are doing an amazing job!!
Thanks alot! It realy helped me! 😄
You're so welcome Avishi! So glad you enjoyed it!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccessYea I do have a question...! Is any one of the horses in those stables are trained to use a bitless bridle?
Hi There, Ours are not "trained" bitless, because we compete and cannot compete without a bit. However, most of ours can do most of the work in a halter and bareback! actually their is some footage of Alicia doing it on Wessel!
@@YourRidingSuccess Oh wow that's great! 😃😇
Such a wondeful nugget of knowledge. Xxx
Lol love that phrase Jess! "nugget of knowledge"
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
All these little nuggets of knowledge that we don't even know we know. Things we do on the day to day that can really piece together our riding. Hope that helps. She is also a great ambassador for the brand she has really carried on your passion and kindness. I think we can all Say we are excited for this new twist in the learning. I just hope you have felt the love from us all who are supporting you and giving back to you what you have given to us xxxx
Also I'm so excited also to learn more. About q as I have a young friesian stallion and they are so different to warmbloods xx
Jess this is lovely!!! Thank you so much! xx
Stay tuned for this Jess! About September that is in the schedule!
Love this idea😃
So glad you enjoyed it Donna!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess just keeping what you and Alicia are doing. It is great. So many people want to make Dressage into this great big fancy elite type of riding when it really is just the word training, doing it correctly
i love your pink breeches where did you get them
Thank you! They are Spooks!
This is so funny 😄. I used to do this all the time as a child, dreaming of a real horse.
Klara, its so ironic actually! So many of the things we do as children is what makes us into great riders later in life! So as adults, going back to those child like learning ways is really effective!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
Love the tip !👌
Thank you so so much Christina! So glad its helping you!
Thanks 🙏🏻 you help us a lot 🥰
You're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess I have a 5 year old friesian he is a bit lazy I kick and kick and he got used to it
Ah yes!!! Lazy horses is in our schedule already!! Tuesday and Thursday should see it before the end of August xx
@@YourRidingSuccess 🤗🥳
Great video! Thank you so much :)
You're so welcome Martha!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
When I was about 8 and dreaming of horses, I strapped a large stuffed dinosaur to an office chair, made a bridle out of yarn, and practiced like this constantly. This is just the grown up version! I love it!
It really is Kelly! lol
What a good idea for novices
Wonderful Jannette! So glad you enjoyed it!!
Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
I wonder if you're going to present the thing I came up with on a fallen tree where I noticed my feet kick forward in posting trot. I'd just like confirmation that I'm going in the right direction. I don't want to do something off horse thinking it would help me when on horse, but it does the opposite. I've already fo alot of ingrained habit that I need to fix (and no access to a horse to practice with), I'd hate to be making it worse.
Hi there! We asked Alicia about this.... she said:
If you find you are having problems with your legs, you can use a gym ball to sit on that in stead of a saddle (it will also help your balance!). Its a bit more advanced, but it will ensure you don't make a bad habit worse!
Let us know if that helps!
@@NoThankUBeQuiet I had some video footage, but I lost it so I can't show anyone. Feet kicked forward, not back. Instructor said it was interesting that they didn't go back and forward, but I wasn't able to solve any of my issues before I had to stop. I learned I got alotta issues, though.
Try the Ball! We think it will help!
Going to get my bridle out the car right now. I wish I'd watched this before I rode this morning
Let me know how you go!! We have been getting SOO much positive feedback about the free Pilates for Riders Masterclass with Alicia this Saturday and so many amazing questions for her to answer we have decided to give away 3 Luxe of London bridle to celebrate!
3 people who attends the masterclass will be chosen to win this Luxe of London Bridle prize pool of over £1500!!
If you haven’t already registered for the Pilates for Riders Masterclass use this link -
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Love your tips! But can you please dont have music while you are talking? Its difficult to hear/concentrate on what you are saying...keep up the good work! :-D
Noted! We will take your suggestion into consideration when making the videos and editing. We always love having feedback from you all x
I think sitting on a yoga ball may work too.
Yes!! You can definitely use a yoga ball as well! x
Good content
So glad you enjoyed it!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!
@@YourRidingSuccess preparation drills (movement development) for trot and canter at home?
Great Topic! Leave it with us and we will add it to the list!
I don't get how you have so few followers!
lol... thats a goal this year!!!
Love these tips. But could you lower the volume of the background music. It competes with your voice too much.
Sorry about that, Ill feed it back to Phil our amazing editor and Tash Husband!
Can you make a video on teaching your horse to accept contact in the mouth?
Katherine! YES! Your are 100% not the first person to talk about this... Alicia has said she will get that video out there for you! its on our runs now so prob towards the end of August! xx
😂😂😂 I ❤ it
Thank you!
Where’s part 2 and 3?
Part 2: th-cam.com/video/qL8swhRKY5s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=DopJSmobVlp_ZsN1
Part 3: th-cam.com/video/NT4RGGZ8KKE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=c_w3jdyGjkfceKok
Thank you Alicia👍👍so useful
You're so welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!! Did you have any more questions? We can feed them back to Alicia! She is super keen to make these videos as much about you as possible!